I had a dream, which was not all a dream.

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars

Did wander darkling in the eternal space,

Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth

Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;

Morn came, and went and came, and brought no day,

And men forgot their passions in the dread

Of this desolation; and all hearts

Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light.......... (Lord Byron)

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more”

― Lord Byron

apologies to my friends for i haven't been

around much this week,

been weathering a nasty stomach virus,

i promise to catch-up today!

♥

I had a dream, which was not all a dream.

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars

Did wander darkling in the eternal space,

Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth (...)

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods

A view from the climb up the secondary top of Baosbheinn in Wester Ross. On the left is Beinn an Eoin rising above Loch na h-Oidhche. On the right is Beinn Eighe looking into the jaws of Coire Mhic Fhearchair. The minor top in the bottom right is Ceann Beag, but the pull up to its summit from the loch was hard work! Beinn an Eoin and Baosbheinn in the Flowerdale Forest (there are no trees by the way...) had been on my to-do list for several years so I was glad to finally get round to climbing them. As expected the route was rough, pathless and demanding, but on a day like that I couldn't wish to be anywhere else! View large!

A short, pathless walk from the forestry track took us to the remains of the farmhouse and buildings of Achnababan.

According to some quick research this might be a window of the old farm office.

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Taken from a lodge that I stood at in Florence, WI. With the Canadian wildfires right now, everything looked very gloomy, and provided hazardous air quality across the upper midwest.

.. from above the Tottering Stone. It seems that there's been quite a lot of windblow both on the path up nescessitating Houdini movements, and also at the stone itself which you can see down on the left clothed in windblown trees. From here I headed up pathless steep rough terrain via the rake below the crags on the right as you travel up to emerge , again via windblow, on the fell above. … the rough bounds! (The reward was startling a red deer stag in velvet who obviously had never seen a human never mind two collies emerge from this particular spot before!)

pathless places

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:

I love not Man the less, but Nature more."

~ Lord Byron, [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage].

A Tawny Coster clicked in the backyard.

After several miles of approach along this rough track, I was closing in on the ascent of Beinn an Eoin (on the left). The climb was to be rough and pathless but the views sublime. Once on the ridge the going gets easier before the narrower section leading to the summit, and from there it is a steep drop down into wild country. From there is a long and testing climb over the three tops of Baosbheinn (on the right), each top higher than the last.

Beinn Dearg is the mountain in the centre.

The large ancient cairn on the summit of Pike lowe...I walked up from the Flouch car park near Langsett following the Cut gate path along Mickleden edge after which it was a mainly pathless moorland slog along Candlerush edge...well worth it though.

We were surprised by a quite demanding, pathless approach. This is on the return, when we already found the way out of a maze of dry stone walls and terraces. Cres island, Croatia.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches.

And so I dream of going back to be.

It's when I'm weary of considerations,

And life is too much like a pathless wood

Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs

Broken across it, and one eye is weeping

From a twig's having lashed across it open.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile

And then come back to it and begin over.

-- Robert Frost

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more.

Into the Wild

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but nature more." —Lord Byron

This is the southern side of Rjavina mountain, seen from the trail Krma valley - Stanič hut. On the left are the rocks of Rž mountain, in the centre is Rjavina, on the very right is a part of Veliki Pršivec and below it the shallow Kravja dolina (= valley).

This is an important orientation point, because ascending Rjavina (the route via Teme) here you must leave the marked path and continue by the Kravja dolina. There also the pathless ascent route on Veliki Pršivec goes. For Rjavina then you leave the flat valley in the northern direction, reaching below the Teme. The normal route on Rjavina of course continues left.

Unfortunately, here I had to turn back, because I started to hike only at 10:45 and had to reach my car at 16:30.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches.

And so I dream of going back to be.

It's when I'm weary of considerations,

And life is too much like a pathless wood ...

/R. Frost/

A nice wander along one of the pathless rides .. just me, the dogs and a fair few deer .. who weren't that impressed ('hurrumph .. a human!!' ... not seen one of those here for a while') Smudge ... was beside himself!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes...

I love not man the less, but Nature more,

~Lord Byron

A still stretch of the Snake River, where the reflection mimics an impressionist painting. Mother Nature is quite the artist.

Emptiness comes as a sunset comes of an evening

That emptiness of the mind cannot be produced: the mind cannot be made empty, cannot be put together to be empty. That emptiness comes as a sunset comes of an evening, full of beauty, enchantment, and richness; that comes as naturally as the blossoming of a flower when there is no fear, when there are no escapes, when there is no boredom, and when there is no seeking. And, that is the most important of all - there must be no seeking. Because, you cannot find; you cannot find the everlasting. That which is beyond time you cannot search out. It may come to you but you cannot go to it because your minds are too shallow, petty, empty, full of ambition, fears, ugliness, and distortion. Therefore, the mind must empty itself - not because it wants that. Because, when you want that, you have a motive and, the moment you have a motive, you have lost your energy.

Therefore, it is only the mind that is completely empty that is in a state of inaction.That inaction is action. And, it is only such a mind that is being passionate; it is only such a mind that can live with beauty and not get used to beauty - the beauty of a tree, the beauty of a face, the beauty of an eye, of a smile, of the ugly, dirty road, the squalor, the dirt, the poverty, it is only the passionate mind that can live with it and not get distorted. And it is only such a mind that is so completely empty that is in a state of meditation.

Krishnamurti

I had a dream, which was not all a dream.

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars

Did wander darkling in the eternal space,

Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth

Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...

(By Lord Byron)

"I had a dream, which was not all a dream.

The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars

Did wander darkling in the eternal space,

Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth

Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;

Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day,"

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more”

~ George Gordon Byron

A pathless ascent on Grintovec, the highest summit of Kamnik and Savinja Alps. The upper part requires some just easy climbing.

Beinn Dearg Mor 906m and Beinn Dearg Bheag 820m in remote terrain in Wester Ross. Long day starting from the west near Gruinard. Plenty of rain and soggy pathless ground. A wee shot taken on the way out as both peaks were finally visible.

i stepped out for a day (:

now im going to go stalk streamssssss

:D

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In explore 2015-04-22

From the westernmost summit of Macesje we are continuing our hike towards the west. Now the ridge becomes less rocky, but we need to traverse two more summits before descending comfortably by pathless terrain towards the left.

Hi there Everyone!

I heard this almighty commotion of birds and felt compelled to investigate, so into the pathless bush I went! Lo and behold there were a few male Baltimore Orioles flying at one another within the poplars. I also spotted a female. Which male earned breeding rights I'll never know.

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There is pleasure in the pathless woods,

there is rapture in the lonely shore,

there is society where none intrudes,

by the deep sea,

and music in its roar;

I love not Man the less,

but Nature more.

~Lord Byron

Own image 2845 and textures

Potokbach / Košutni potok is a creek, flowing from the eastern face of Tolsta Košuta towards the east. The valley is since 1977 a natural forrest reserve. Scrambling by pathless terrain along the upper part of the creek bring you to this hidden, good 15 m tall waterfall. It is visited mostly by geologists, who find in this valley very interesting examples of rocks and fossils. The rock on the right, for example, is Tarvisian Breccia, from middle Perm (Paleozoic).

On a visit to my archives, I rediscovered this shot - a location you have to really want to get to, requiring at least a 30 minute uphill pathless slog into Coire Sgreamhach to reach here. As with a number of Skye waterfalls, photographing it is a challenge. It is found in a steep-sided gorge, making access problematic. As it was, I was standing with the tripod just about over the edge. The waterfall is huge - this image shows less than half of the vertical drop. It is possible to capture the entire long drop using a vertical panorama, but I ran out of light! This was taken just before the light on the hillside was lost and the landscape looked very drab indeed!

We had been thinking about hiking Rhinog Fawr for a while but had been put off by reports from other hikers' opinions that the mountain was a little rough and rugged. Well, it was a little bit pathless in some parts but on the whole it was quite nice. Autumn will be scenic because of the amount of heather that covers the mountain so we will return.

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Need to get up this one, as the views look amazin. You can see for miles and down Loch Maree. The view of the craggy fortress of Slioch across the waters of Loch Maree is one of the classics of Scotland featured in countless calendars. At close quarters Slioch offers a reasonably straightforward ascent given that formidable appearance, and the summit views over Loch Maree and into the Fisherfield wilderness are sensational.

Terrain

A long, tough walk with some steep, rough terrain and boggy ground; pathless section on return.

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more”

― Lord Byron

love this place - definitely going back for more self portraits.

many thanks to all of you. xo

Arrived at this little surprise the hard way - a pathless slog up and over the flanks of Sgurr nan Each, then descended to the upper Allt na Dunaiche and continued down the main Bla Bheinn path. At that time in March, there was no snow on Bla Bheinn and not much water coming over the falls. A few weeks later after a rain and a late season dusting of snow, decided to come up here the 'easy' way, via the Bla Bheinn path. As usual, I made my husband very nervous by getting as close as 'safe' to the edge of the vertical drop-off.

Explored (Number 23) April 16, 2022.

A return visit to Sgorr Tuath for sunset at the weekend. I've tried three different routes up this hill and still not found and easy one! Pathless, boggy, lots of random deep holes, fun coming down in the dark!

just to remember: There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more." - Lord Byron

I miss her the less, but wilderness of Hardanger more! :)

(PS: one day I will show you what is hidden behind)

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Mist getting a little ahead of herself ... (indeed they were rather frustrated that the old coger wasn't getting up through this rough pathless terrain as fast as they could .. luckily in energectic moments like these you can ignore most things!!)